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Begin: His Life, Words and Deeds
The biography of Menachem Begin
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First published January 1, 2004
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June 14, 2018
Zvi Harry Hurwitz wrote his first biographical work on Menachem Begin, only 6 months after Begin was elected as Israel's sixth Prime Minister Prime Minister, and first Prime Minister, outside the ranks of the Labour Party.
This work covers the life span of life, thoughts and achievements of the phenomenal and great Son of Israel , a true leader , Menachem Wolfovitch Begin, until his sad passing in 1992.
The author notes that when the events of our times are chronicled by objective historians, he will emerge as one of the greatest Jews of our era- the bar Kochba of the twentieth century.
Begin Menachem Begin Menachem Begin was born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland on 16 August 1913, son of Zeev-Dov and Hassia Begin. He joined the Betar movement during his youth. Begin was imprisoned by hte Soviet authorities, in 1940-1941, ironically charged with being a 'British agent'.
His entire family was destroyed by the Nazis during the holocaust, and this experience reinforced his resolute fortitutde that 'Never again will Jews be attacked without being able to defend themselves and hitting back'.
During World War II, as evidence of the enormous catastrophe of European Jewry was revealed, Britain's callousness in continuing to prevent the entry into Palestine of hundreds of thousands of Jews, who could have been saved, shocked the Yishuv (Jewish community of Palestine), and as part of the Irgun national liberation movement, Begin led the way in the struggle against British control over the ancient Jewish homeland.
Menachem Begin led the political opposition to the Labour Party government in Israel, for thirty years, until his Likud alignment formed a government in 1977, and he was elected Prime Minister.
Unlike current Likud leader and Thatcherite Bejamin Netanyahu, Beginwas also committed to social justice and upliftment of the poorer sections of Israeli society.
He refused to countenance the situation that where so many families, in Israel, living in such dire poverty, and one of the greatest doemstic achievments of his Premiership was Project Renewal which put $ 100 million into one of the most sucesful urban renewal projects in modern history, and which gave hope to Israel's poor and underprivileged.
His first act as Prime Minister was to grant assylum to 66 Vietnamese refugees who had already been rejected by a host of nations.
This international humanitarian gesture was a living reminder of the repulsive lie by enemies of Israel, that 'Zionism is racism'.
He also saved Israel from probable nuclear destruction by giving orders to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor at Osirak, thus preventing Saddam from gaining nuclear capability against Israel, and others in the region.
Begin later revealed that he prayed incessantly and thought of his parents and familiy who had been killed by the Nazis. He was determined to protect his children and grandchildren from anihilation by the enemies of the Jewish people.
It was Menachem Begin who said, when addressing President Carter, shortly after becoming Prime Minister, stated: " To us, with the experience of physical annihilation and spiritual redemption, national security may mean the lives of every man, woman and child in Israel. Their lives can be, under certain circumstances, directly threatened and put in jeopardy."
Menachem Begin also told Europe, in no uncertain terms: " Europe, whose rivers flow with Jewish blood has no right to lecture Israel on matters which could involve it's life and death, and the safety of every man, woman and child in our country.'
Begin refused to flinch on principles, and worked for a peace based on principle, without compromising the rights of Israel or it's people. He stood up for the right of Jews to live in every inch of historic Israel, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean, and refused to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization whose sole aim was and remains the destruction of Israel, and the mass murder of her people.
In 1982, after years of terrorist attacks on Israeli civillians, from Lebanon, Begin ordered millitary intervention in Lebanon to stop PLO atrocities.
This was welcomed by Lebanon's Christian community, who had suffered for years under the Syrian and PLO yoke, which had murdered over 100 000 Christian Lebanese men, women and children between 1970 and 1982.
Since Begin's departure Israel's leaders have been less resolute, with loss of Israeli life the result, and paradoxically more international hatred of Israel from a world of loathsome hypocrisy-the more Israel yields the more the world demands her destruction.
Let us pray for a return of a government in Israel ready to resolutely defend the right of an independent Jewish State in all of Biblical Israel, where her people are safe and secure and free to pursue life , liberty and happiness.
May G-D preserve the Jewish State of Israel forever.
This work covers the life span of life, thoughts and achievements of the phenomenal and great Son of Israel , a true leader , Menachem Wolfovitch Begin, until his sad passing in 1992.
The author notes that when the events of our times are chronicled by objective historians, he will emerge as one of the greatest Jews of our era- the bar Kochba of the twentieth century.
Begin Menachem Begin Menachem Begin was born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland on 16 August 1913, son of Zeev-Dov and Hassia Begin. He joined the Betar movement during his youth. Begin was imprisoned by hte Soviet authorities, in 1940-1941, ironically charged with being a 'British agent'.
His entire family was destroyed by the Nazis during the holocaust, and this experience reinforced his resolute fortitutde that 'Never again will Jews be attacked without being able to defend themselves and hitting back'.
During World War II, as evidence of the enormous catastrophe of European Jewry was revealed, Britain's callousness in continuing to prevent the entry into Palestine of hundreds of thousands of Jews, who could have been saved, shocked the Yishuv (Jewish community of Palestine), and as part of the Irgun national liberation movement, Begin led the way in the struggle against British control over the ancient Jewish homeland.
Menachem Begin led the political opposition to the Labour Party government in Israel, for thirty years, until his Likud alignment formed a government in 1977, and he was elected Prime Minister.
Unlike current Likud leader and Thatcherite Bejamin Netanyahu, Beginwas also committed to social justice and upliftment of the poorer sections of Israeli society.
He refused to countenance the situation that where so many families, in Israel, living in such dire poverty, and one of the greatest doemstic achievments of his Premiership was Project Renewal which put $ 100 million into one of the most sucesful urban renewal projects in modern history, and which gave hope to Israel's poor and underprivileged.
His first act as Prime Minister was to grant assylum to 66 Vietnamese refugees who had already been rejected by a host of nations.
This international humanitarian gesture was a living reminder of the repulsive lie by enemies of Israel, that 'Zionism is racism'.
He also saved Israel from probable nuclear destruction by giving orders to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor at Osirak, thus preventing Saddam from gaining nuclear capability against Israel, and others in the region.
Begin later revealed that he prayed incessantly and thought of his parents and familiy who had been killed by the Nazis. He was determined to protect his children and grandchildren from anihilation by the enemies of the Jewish people.
It was Menachem Begin who said, when addressing President Carter, shortly after becoming Prime Minister, stated: " To us, with the experience of physical annihilation and spiritual redemption, national security may mean the lives of every man, woman and child in Israel. Their lives can be, under certain circumstances, directly threatened and put in jeopardy."
Menachem Begin also told Europe, in no uncertain terms: " Europe, whose rivers flow with Jewish blood has no right to lecture Israel on matters which could involve it's life and death, and the safety of every man, woman and child in our country.'
Begin refused to flinch on principles, and worked for a peace based on principle, without compromising the rights of Israel or it's people. He stood up for the right of Jews to live in every inch of historic Israel, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean, and refused to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization whose sole aim was and remains the destruction of Israel, and the mass murder of her people.
In 1982, after years of terrorist attacks on Israeli civillians, from Lebanon, Begin ordered millitary intervention in Lebanon to stop PLO atrocities.
This was welcomed by Lebanon's Christian community, who had suffered for years under the Syrian and PLO yoke, which had murdered over 100 000 Christian Lebanese men, women and children between 1970 and 1982.
Since Begin's departure Israel's leaders have been less resolute, with loss of Israeli life the result, and paradoxically more international hatred of Israel from a world of loathsome hypocrisy-the more Israel yields the more the world demands her destruction.
Let us pray for a return of a government in Israel ready to resolutely defend the right of an independent Jewish State in all of Biblical Israel, where her people are safe and secure and free to pursue life , liberty and happiness.
May G-D preserve the Jewish State of Israel forever.
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